Table 5.
Effects of clove powder and tulsi extract supplementation on large intestinal mucosal morphometry of broiler chickens.
| Treatments1 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attributes | T0 | T1 | T2 | T3 | SEM | P-value |
| Cecum | ||||||
| Length, cm | ||||||
| d 14 | 9.83c | 11.23bc | 11.40b | 12.90a | 0.62 | 0.008 |
| d 28 | 16.43 | 17.00 | 17.73 | 18.73 | 1.17 | 0.301 |
| Mucosal thickness, μm | ||||||
| d 14 | 268.88 | 291.05 | 299.83 | 293.78 | 14.53 | 0.178 |
| d 28 | 405.33 | 413.43 | 417.33 | 415.25 | 14.51 | 0.852 |
| Colorectum Length, cm | ||||||
| d 14 | 4.63b | 5.00a | 4.43b | 5.17a | 0.12 | 0.001 |
| d 28 | 6.67 | 6.7 | 6.57 | 6.43 | 0.24 | 0.706 |
| Mucosal thickness, μm | ||||||
| d 14 | 241.90 | 261.85 | 269.93 | 264.48 | 13.07 | 0.174 |
| d 28 | 364.78 | 372.03 | 375.73 | 373.85 | 11.02 | 0.846 |
a,b,c
Within a row, values with different alphabetic superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).
1
T0: represents the control group; T1, T2, and T3 groups represent supplementation of 0.5% clove + 2% tulsi, 1% clove + 3% tulsi, and 1.5% clove and 4% tulsi, respectively.